locking/unlocking files with c ?

[b>d>>s]

hi, ive looked everywhere (still looking...) for examples on how to do this,

i know naff all about c so any help plz ?

+ theres no way to use lock resources via itcl for files outside of server control ?

thx

and if u want to write me an exe to lock/unlock file thatd be g*

[w3rd]

afaik any file that is fopen()'d is locked while that program is still running and the file handle is still active(fclose() wasn't called)

correct me if i'm wrong ?

w3rd

[FTPServerTools]

Open the file in write mode. That should lock it properly.
Also check out http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...createfile.asp and http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...e/lockfile.asp and http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...lockfileex.asp etc.. Its just basic win api stuff...

[b>d>>s]

ok, cheers :O